Let's face it, Abu has a bunch of the funnier moments here.In an interview featured on the 2004 DVD, Gilbert Gottfried says that he heard rumors that screenwriters Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio had a sign in their workspace that said, "When in doubt, hurt the bird.".Iago: With all due respect, your rottenness, couldn't we just wait for a real storm? If you had to name a moment that doesn't include the Genie, it would be in the "One Jump Ahead" sequence, when Abu pulls a scimitar on the guards."Here goes! Betterthrowmyhandinwishmeahappylandin'! all I gotta do is JUMP!".After Aladdin explains that he has to steal to get the food he needs but ".otherwise get along", the guards shout, "Wrong!" and dogpile him.even though the whole reason they're chasing after him in the first place is because he took one loaf of bread.
It's a quick blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but at one point, the guards throw a bunch of watermelons and tomatoes at Aladdin.There's also the lyric, "I steal only what I can't afford-and that's everything!".He rises back into the frame to put it back on his head with the most unamused facial expression you can imagine. He ducks, but his fez stays where it is, spinning in the air. It's very quick, but during One Jump Ahead, the lady who sings Id blame parents except he hasnt got em takes a swing at Aladdin's head with a broom.Woman: ( teasingly) Getting into trouble a little early today, aren't we, Aladdin?Īladdin: Trouble? No way! You're only in trouble if you get caught. An especially hilarious example that unfortunately (though quite understandably) didnt make it in the film: Eric Goldberg (Genie's supervising animator) recalled that, at one point, Robin picked up a bra, and riffed on it by saying it was a "double slingshot" or a "double yarmulke.".So that line about that thing that would not break but immediately broke was no doubt caused by Robin breaking a prop and just rolling with it. He was then told to improvise a bunch of things in-character. A little behind-the-scenes trivia about this scene: Robin Williams was brought onto the sound stage and positioned in front of a table with a bunch of random objects covered by a sheet.It broke! Oh! Look at this! I have never seen one of these intact before.
Merchant: Look at this! Yes! Combination hookah and coffee maker! Also makes Julienne fries! It will not break! It will not.